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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Memory scanning parameters can be modified at run-time by writing to the
Kmemleak can also be disabled at boot-time by passing "kmemleak=off" on
the kernel command line.
+Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and
+these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer
+is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option.
+
Basic Algorithm
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